He is the dean of the division of physical sciences at University of California, San Diego.
In 2016, after 16 years on the faculty at UCB, he became the dean of the division of physical sciences at University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
[2] At UCSD, he develops and flies gamma-ray telescopes for use in space.
He measures radioactive nuclei in the inner region of supernova explosions.
Boggs studies emissions from gamma rays on the surface of neutron stars by developing sensitive gamma ray instruments including telescopes for satellite and balloon missions.